2022-23 Utah Furbearer Guidebook

Utah Furbearer Guidebook 2022–2023 KEY DATES AND FEES Important dates Marten permits available Sept. 1, 2022– March 1, 2023 Permanent marten tags Sept. 17, 2022– available March 10, 2023 Bobcat permits and temporary possession tags available Oct. 3–31, 2022 Permanent bobcat tags Nov. 17, 2022– available March 10, 2023 Utah Trappers Association Fur Sale See the information box on page 24. Fees Furbearer Resident license* 29 Nonresident license* 177 Bobcat permits Resident permit 15 each (up to 6) Nonresident permit 52 each (up to 6) Marten permits Marten permit Season dates Badger, gray fox, kit fox, ringtail, spotted skunk and weasel Sept. 17, 2022– March 1, 2023 Beaver and mink Sept. 17, 2022– April 1, 2023 Bobcat Nov. 17, 2022– March 1, 2023 No charge Trap registration license Resident 10 (payable once) Nonresident 10 (payable once) Certificates of registration Fur dealer 160 Marten Sept. 17, 2022– March 1, 2023 Fur dealer’s agent 160 Muskrat, red fox and striped skunk Year round Fur dealer renewal 40 Fur dealer’s agent renewal 40 Utah’s Walk-in Access program Utah Admin. Rule R657-56-13 wildlife.utah.gov The Walk-in Access (WIA) program provides hunters, anglers and trappers access to privately owned land, streams, rivers, ponds or reservoirs. If you use Utah’s WIA properties, remember to obtain your annual WIA authorization number. To obtain your authorization number, 6 * Furbearer licenses are valid for 365 days from the day you buy them. visit wildlife.utah.gov/walkinaccess and click “Authorization numbers.” Follow the instructions and obtain your number. You can also request a number by calling 1-800-221-0659. WIA properties are private land and may have special restrictions on season dates, allowable activities, species and weapon types. For more information, visit wildlife.utah.gov/walkinaccess.

Are you planning to hunt or trap bobcats, martens or other furbearers in Utah this year? Before you can obtain any necessary permits, you must meet a few basic requirements— and obtain a trap registration license—if you are trapping furbearers, coyotes or raccoons. This section provides more information about trap registration licenses and how you can obtain one. Are you old enough? In Utah, there are no age restrictions for individuals who can hunt and trap furbearers. However, if you’re under the age of 16— and hunting with any weapon—you must be accompanied in the field by your parent, a legal guardian or a responsible person 21 years of age or older (see below). Adults must accompany young hunters Utah Code § 23-20-20 While hunting with any weapon, a person under 14 years old must be accompanied by their parent, legal guardian or other responsible person who is 21 years of age or older What am I required to carry in the field? Utah Admin. Rule R657-11-8 If you’re checking someone else’s furbearer traps for them, you must have all of the following on your person: a valid furbearer license, a trap registration license, the appropriate permits or tags, and written authorization from the owner of the trapping device. (For details about what that written authorization must include, see pages 16-17.) Important: You may not check someone else’s traps if any of your licenses or permits are denied or suspended. Please keep in mind that if you download the free Utah Hunting and Fishing app, you can store both your furbearer license and your trap registration license on your mobile phone or tablet. wildlife.utah.gov The licenses and permits you’re required to carry depend on what you are hunting or trapping. If you’re using any trapping device that’s capable of catching or killing protected wildlife, you must have a trap registration license on your person. This requirement applies even if you are trapping coyotes or raccoons. If you’re trapping furbearers, you must have both a furbearer license and a trap registration license on your person while in the field. If any of those furbearers include bobcat or marten, you must also have the appropriate bobcat or marten permit on your person. and who has been approved by the parent or guardian. A person at least 14 years old and under 16 years old must be accompanied by a person 21 years of age or older while hunting with any weapon. The Division encourages adults to be familiar with hunter education guidelines or to complete the hunter education course before accompanying youth into the field. While in the field, the youth and the adult must remain close enough for the adult to see and provide verbal assistance to the young hunter. Using electronic devices, such as walkie-talkies or cell phones, does not meet this requirement. Utah Furbearer Guidebook 2022–2023 BASIC REQUIREMENTS Utah Code §§§§ 23-18-2, 23-18-6, 23-19-1, 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-11-3 7

Utah Furbearer Guidebook 2022–2023 wildlife.utah.gov Have you passed furharvester education? Utah Code § 23-19-11.5 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-23-6 If you are a Utah resident born after Dec. 31, 1984, you must provide proof that you’ve passed a furharvester education course approved by the Division before you can: Obtain a furbearer license Obtain a bobcat permit Obtain a marten permit Taking a furharvester education course You can prove that you’ve completed furharvester education if you have a certificate of completion from your furharvester education course or if you have a verified furharvester education number on file with the Division. That number is assigned when you complete furharvester education. Here’s how to take the course: To get started, you should visit wildlife.utah.gov/huntereducation. You’ll see links to various traditional and online furharvester education courses. Follow the instructions on the website to obtain a furharvester education registration certificate (required) and to register for a course online. If you need assistance, please contact your local Division office or call 801-538-4727. When you finish the course, your instructor will verify your course completion in the online hunter education system. If you are applying for a resident furbearer license for the first time—and you completed furharvester education in another state or country—you must provide a valid furharvester education number and the name of the state, province or country that issued the number. The Division may research this number to verify that the course you completed meets 8 Utah’s standards for safe and responsible trapping. For more information on how to complete Utah’s furharvester education course, visit wildlife.utah.gov/huntereducation. Do you have a furbearer license? Utah Admin. Rule R657-11-3 You must have a valid Utah furbearer license before you can: Hunt, trap or harvest most furbearers Check someone else’s traps for them (only with additional written authorization, see pages 16-17) Obtain or use a bobcat permit Use a marten permit Furbearer licenses are available at wildlife.utah.gov and from license agents and Division offices. You do not need a furbearer license to hunt, harvest or trap coyotes, muskrats, raccoons, red foxes or striped skunks. You do, however, need a trap registration license to set a trapping device for any species (see details below). Do you have a trap registration license? Utah Admin. Rule R657-11-8 You must possess a valid trap registration license when trapping furbearers, coyotes or raccoons. The only exception is for those who are trapping coyotes or raccoons within 600 feet of a building or structure occupied or used by humans or livestock. You can obtain a trap registration license by calling or visiting a Division office. There is a one-time 10 license fee for a new trap registration license. For more detailed information about meeting this requirement, please see wildlife.utah.gov/trapping-faq.

New changes to trail camera and night-vision device rules Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-7 You must have your furbearer license and trap registration license—and any bobcat or marten permits—on your person while setting, checking or moving trapping devices. You cannot alter your licenses or permits, nor can you sell, transfer, give, loan or assign them to another person. cougars and bears from July 31–Dec. 31. The board also clarified rules that prohibit the use of night-vision devices to locate or attempt to locate a big game animal from 48 hours before any big game hunt in the area through 48 hours after any big game hunt ends in the area. The rule applies to public and private property. Please review the new regulations carefully if you are using trail cameras or night-vision devices while hunting or trapping furbearers and you also have a permit for hunting big game, bear or cougar. See wildlife.utah.gov/trailcams for more information. wildlife.utah.gov The Utah Wildlife Board approved changes to the state’s trail camera and night-vision device rules that will affect the 2022 big game hunting season, but will not change 2022–23 regulations for hunting or trapping furbearers. You may not use any trail camera (or non-handheld device) in the take of—or aid in the take of—big game, cougars or bears from July 31–Dec. 31. The rule also prohibits the sale or purchase of trail camera footage used to take—or aid in the take of—big game, Carry your licenses and permits Utah Furbearer Guidebook 2022–2023 Important: If you already have a valid trap registration number, but you don’t have a physical copy of it, please contact a Division office. We can provide you with a duplicate copy free of charge. You can also download the Utah Hunting and Fishing app and carry an electronic copy of your license on your mobile device. When you receive a trap registration license, it will have a unique, permanent trap registration number printed on it. You must ensure that all of your trapping devices are permanently and legibly marked or tagged with your trap registration number. (This requirement does not apply to trapping devices set for coyotes or raccoons within 600 feet of a building or structure occupied or used by humans or livestock.) No more than one trap registration number may be on a single trapping device. For additional information about trap registration numbers and using and checking your trapping devices, see pages 14-16. 9

Utah Furbearer Guidebook 2022–2023 OBTAINING PERMITS If you want to hunt or trap bobcat or marten in Utah, you’ll need a permit in addition to your furbearer license. This section describes how to obtain bobcat and marten permits. If you were born after Dec. 31, 1984, you must have proof of furharvester education before you can purchase a bobcat or marten permit. For more information, see page 8 or visit wildlife.utah.gov/huntereducation. Bobcat permits Utah Admin. Rule R657-11-4 Beginning Oct. 3, 2022 at 8 a.m. MDT, you may purchase bobcat permits at wildlife.utah.gov, from a Division office or at license agent locations. You may purchase no more than six bobcat permits. Bobcat permits will be sold until 11 p.m. MDT on Oct. 31, 2022. There will not be a cap on the total number of available permits this year. You must have your current furbearer license, bobcat permit and trap registration license on your person while hunting or trapping a bobcat. If you obtain a bobcat permit in 2022, it is valid for the entire 2022-2023 bobcat season. The season runs from Nov. 17, 2022 to March 1, 2023. Marten permits wildlife.utah.gov Utah Admin. Rule R657-11-6 Marten permits are available free of charge from any Division office, beginning Sept. 1, 2022. (Please keep in mind that you only need one marten permit in order to trap marten during the 2022-2023 season.) You must have a current furbearer license, a marten-trapping permit and a trap registration license on your person when you trap a marten or have a marten in your possession. Duplicate license or permit Utah Code § 23-19-10 & Utah Admin. Rule R657-42 If your valid furbearer license is destroyed, 10 Residency Utah Code §§ 23-13-2(13) and 23-13-2(37) Before you purchase a furbearer license, it’s important to know whether you are a legal resident of the state of Utah for the purposes of hunting, fishing or trapping. See the definition of residency on page 28 to determine whether you are a resident or a nonresident. lost or stolen, you may obtain a duplicate from a Division office or license agent. To obtain a duplicate bobcat or marten permit, you must visit a Division office. The duplicate will cost 10, or half of the price of the original license or permit, whichever is less. If you already have a valid trap registration number, but you don’t have a physical copy of your trap registration license, please contact a Division office. We can provide you with a duplicate copy of the license free of charge. You can also download the Utah Hunting and Fishing app and carry electronic copies of your furbearer and trap registration licenses on your mobile device. Sales final: Exceptions and refunds Utah Code § 23-19-38 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-42 Some hunters and trappers successfully obtain licenses or permits and then realize— for one reason or another—that they won’t be able to use them. In most cases, the Division cannot refund the cost of the license or permit, but there are some exceptions. To determine whether you are eligible for a refund or to download a refund-request form, visit wildlife.utah.gov/refund.

As soon as you harvest a bobcat or marten, you need to attach the temporary possession tags. Then, you should contact a Division office and make an appointment to have a Division employee attach the permanent tag. Tagging bobcats Utah Code §23-20-30 & Utah Admin. Rule R657-11-5 Permanent possession tags for bobcat and marten Utah Admin. Rule R657-11-7 If you harvest a bobcat or marten, you must make an appointment to have a Division employee attach a permanent possession tag to the pelt no later than Friday, March 10, 2023. You may not buy, sell, trade or barter a green pelt from a bobcat or marten that does not have a permanent tag affixed. Obtaining permanent tags When you bring a bobcat pelt into a Division office, a Division employee will attach a permanent tag and take possession of the bobcat’s lower jaw. When you bring in a marten pelt, a Division employee will simply attach a permanent tag. For either type of permanent tag, you must make an appointment. You can also have permanent possession tags attached at the Utah Trappers Association Fur Sale. For more information about the sale, see the box on page 24. Bring any marten pelt to one of the following locations: A Division office listed on page 2. Visits are by appointment only from Sept. 17, 2022 through March 10, 2023. The Utah Trappers Association Fur Sale (see page 24). 11 wildlife.utah.gov You may only kill and tag a bobcat if you possess a valid bobcat permit issued in your name and you find a bobcat in your own marked trapping device or a trapping device you have written authorization to check. You must have both the permit and tags on your person when checking the traps. (See page 15 for the requirements you must meet to check someone else’s trapping devices.) After you kill a bobcat—but before you move the bobcat’s carcass or leave the site of the kill—you are required to attach your own bobcat tags to the carcass. You’ll find both tags attached your permit. There’s one tag for the pelt and one for the jaw. The tagging process requires you to: Completely detach the tags from the permit Remove the notches that correspond with the harvest date and the animal’s sex Complete the required county and license number information at the bottom of the tag Attach the temporary possession tag to the unskinned carcass or green pelt so that the tag remains securely fastened and visible Later, you can remove the lower jaw of the bobcat and tag it with the numbered jaw tag that corresponds to the number on the pelt tag. While tagging a bobcat, you may not remove more than one notch indicating date or sex, nor can you tag more than one bobcat using the same tag. The temporary possession tag must remain attached to the green pelt or unskinned carcass until a permanent bobcat tag has been affixed. You may not use a bobcat permit to hunt, trap or pursue bobcat after any of the notches have been removed from the temporary possession tag or the tag has been detached from the permit. Possession of an untagged green pelt or unskinned carcass is considered probable cause of unlawful taking and possession. Utah Furbearer Guidebook 2022–2023 OBTAINING AND USING TAGS

Utah Furbearer Guidebook 2022–2023 wildlife.utah.gov If you have bobcat pelts, bring them to one of the following locations: A Division office listed on page 2. Visits are by appointment only from Nov. 17, 2022 through March 10, 2023. The Utah Trappers Association Fur Sale (see page 24). There is no fee for the permanent tags. You will receive them after the employee verifies the bobcat was tagged with the temporary possession tag that corresponds to your bobcat permit. The employee will also review your furbearer license. Transporting pelts to obtain tags Bobcats and martens that were legally harvested may be transported by someone other than the furharvester to have the permanent tag affixed. If you transport a bobcat or marten for another person, you must have written authorization that includes all of the following information: Date of kill Location of kill Species and sex of animal being transported Origin and destination of transportation The name, address, signature and furbearer license number of the furharvester The name of the individual transporting the bobcat or marten The furharvester’s marten permit number, if marten is being transported You can download an authorization form at wildlife.utah.gov/furbearer that makes it easy to collect all of the required information. Animals harvested outside of Utah Green pelts of bobcats and martens that were legally harvested outside of the state may not be possessed, bought, sold, traded or bartered in Utah unless one of the following conditions applies: A permanent tag has been affixed. 12 The pelts are accompanied by a shipping permit issued by the wildlife agency of the state where

wildlife.utah.gov 3 Utah Furbearer Guidebook 2022-2023 HIGHLIGHTS Purchasing bobcat permits: Bobcat per-mits will be available at wildlife.utah.gov, Divi-sion offices and license agent locations, start-ing at 8 a.m. MDT on Oct. 3, 2022. The last day to purchase a bobcat permit is Oct. 31, 2022. You may obtain a maximum of six bobcat